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As coronavirus forces us to keep our distance, city density matters less than internal density

  • Written by: Elek Pafka, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, University of Melbourne
As coronavirus forces us to keep our distance, city density matters less than internal densityTimes Square, New YorkElek Pafka, Author provided

The coronavirus pandemic has left many people questioning the relationship between urban density and healthy cities. After all, physical distancing has been the most common measure to contain the spread of the virus. But this doesn’t mean higher-density cities are necessarily more vulnerable...

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what caused major climate change in the past?

  • Written by: James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz

Earth had several periods of high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere...

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I measure whales with drones to find out if they're fat enough to breed

  • Written by: Grace Russell, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
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We set off from Fremantle Harbour at 6 am – a ridiculous hour university students aren’t usually accustomed to – and sailed to Perth Canyon, 120 kilometres away.

A fellow volunteer and I were constantly on watch, too nervous and excited to take our eyes off the horizon in case we missed the tell-tale spray of a pygmy...

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the Alan Jones radio era comes to an end

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
the Alan Jones radio era comes to an endAAP/Kris Durston

Time has finally caught up with Alan Jones. Time as measured in years, but not time as measured by social and attitudinal change.

It is remarkable that his recipe of nostalgia, bullying and reactionary politics, all delivered in a ranting, hectoring style, is as successful today as it has been for the whole 35 years of his career in...

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  1. Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave
  2. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tested for COVID-19
  3. Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance
  4. Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong
  5. expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River
  6. So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?
  7. moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery
  8. Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?
  9. how much free speech should our public servants have?
  10. coronavirus will hit Australia's research capacity harder than the GFC
  11. Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here's what we can do better
  12. Which Florence Nightingale will we remember today? The 'Lady with the Lamp' or the influential writer and activist?
  13. Coronavirus lays bare 5 big housing system flaws to be fixed
  14. Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining
  15. The ghosts of budgets past haunt New Zealand's shot at economic recovery
  16. US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames
  17. The healing power of data: Florence Nightingale's true legacy
  18. Not all twins are identical and that's been an evolutionary puzzle, until now
  19. First stage of 'road back' will boost monthly GDP by $3.1 billion and jobs by 252,500: Frydenberg
  20. how the Cold War shaped Little Richard
  21. China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could do
  22. This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation
  23. Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey
  24. As sport resumes after lockdown, it's time to level the playing field for women and girls
  25. It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yet
  26. Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs
  27. Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works
  28. how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
  29. how coronavirus is changing our language
  30. 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence
  31. Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020
  32. Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis
  33. Australians want industry, and they'd like it green. Steel is the place to start
  34. Let's "SnapBack" to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese
  35. From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, 'biohackers' are showing the power of DIY science
  36. Little Richard's saucy style underpins today's hits
  37. The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we'll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown
  38. The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it
  39. Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing
  40. Could BCG, a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis, protect against coronavirus?
  41. National parks are for native wildlife, not feral horses: federal court
  42. Was New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference
  43. From hidden women to influencers and individuals – putting mothers in the frame
  44. Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?
  45. We should simplify our industrial relations system, but not in the way big business wants
  46. Michelle Grattan on the rapid developments in Eden-Monaro, the national cabinet, and next week's 'normal' parliamentary sitting
  47. Alcohol can make coronavirus worse – so why was it treated as essential in New Zealand's lockdown?
  48. keep free childcare going instead
  49. The US military has officially published three UFO videos. Why doesn't anybody seem to care?
  50. 50 years on, the Vietnam moratorium campaigns remind us of a different kind of politics

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